


<TITLE>tixNoteBook - Create and manipulate tixNoteBook widgets</TITLE>
<Center><H2>tixNoteBook - Create and manipulate tixNoteBook widgets</H2></Center><hr>

</pre><H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>
<B>tixNoteBook<I> <I>pathName ?<I>options</I></B>?
</pre><H3>STANDARD OPTIONS</H3>
The NoteBook widget supports all the standard options of a frame widget.
See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard options.
</pre><H3>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H3>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>dynamicGeometry</B></I>
Class:		<B>DynamicGeometry</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-dynamicgeometry</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
If set to false, the size of the Notebook will match the size of the
largest page. If set to true, the size of the Notebook will match the
size of the current page (therefore, the size may change when the user
selects different pages). The default value is false. A setting of true
is discouraged.
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>ipadX</B></I>
Class:		<B>Pad</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-ipadx</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
The amount of internal horizontal paddings around the sides of the
page subwidgets.
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>ipadY</B></I>
Class:		<B>Pad</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-ipady</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
The amount of internal vertical paddings around the sides of the
page subwidgets.
</UL>
</pre><H3>SUBWIDGETS</H3>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>nbframe</B></I>
Class:		<B>tixNoteBookFrame</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
The "note book frame" widget that displays ths tabs of the notebook.
Most of the display options of the page tabs are controlled by this
subwidget. For example, if you need to choose a different font to
display the tab names of the pages, the color of the inactive tabs or
the color behind the tabs, you can configure the options of the
<B>nbframe</B></I> subwidget.  See the manual page of
<B>tixNoteBookFrame(n)</B></I> for more details.
</UL>
<P>
In addition, all the page subwidgets created as a result of the
<B>add</B></I> command can be accessed by the <B>subwidget</B></I> command. They
are identified by the <B>pageName</B></I> parameter to the <B>add</B></I>
command.
</pre><HR>
</pre><H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>
<P>
The <B>tixNoteBook</B></I> command creates a new window (given by the
<I>pathName</I></B> argument) and makes it into a NoteBook widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command
line or in the option database to configure aspects of the
NoteBook widget such as its cursor and relief.

The NoteBook widget can be used to display many windows in a
limited space using a "notebook" metaphore. The notebook is divided
into a stack of pages (windows). At one time only one of these pages
can be shown. The user can navigate through these pages by choosing
the visual "tabs" at the top of the NoteBook widget.
</pre><H3>WIDGET COMMANDS</H3>
<P>
The <B>tixNoteBook</B></I> command creates a new Tcl command whose name is
command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has
the following general form:
<pre>
<I>pathName option </I></B>?<I>arg arg ...</I></B>?
<P>
</pre>
<I>PathName</I></B> is the name of the command, which is the same as the
determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands
are possible for NoteBook widgets:
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>add<I> pageName </I></B>?<I>option value ...</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Adds a new notebook page subwidget into the NoteBook widget.
Additional parameters may be supplied to configure this page
subwidget. Possible options are:
</DL>
<UL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-anchor</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies how the information in a tab (e.g. text or a bitmap) is to
be displayed in the widget. Must be one of the values <B>n</B></I>,
<B>ne</B></I>, <B>e</B></I>, <B>se</B></I>, <B>s</B></I>, <B>sw</B></I>, <B>w</B></I>, <B>nw</B></I>, or
<B>center</B></I>. For example, nw means display the information such that
its top-left corner is at the top-left corner of the widget.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-bitmap</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies a bitmap to display on the tab of this page. The bitmap is
displayed only if none of the <B>-label</B></I> or <B>-image</B></I> options are
specified.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-createcmd</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies a TCL command to be called the first time a page is shown on
the screen. This option can be used to delay the creation of the
contents of a page until necessary. Therefore, it can be used to speed
up interface creation process especially when there are a large number
of pages in a NoteBook widget.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-image</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies an image to display on the tab of this page. The image is
displayed only if the <B>-label</B></I> options is not specified.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-justify</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> When there are multiple lines of text displayed in a tab, this option
determines how the lines line up with each other. Must be one of left,
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-label</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies a text label string to display on the tab of this page subwidget.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-raisecmd</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies a TCL command to be called whenever this page is raised by
the user.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-state</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies whether this page can be raised by the user. Must be either
<B>normal</B></I> or <B>disabled</B></I>.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-underline</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> Specifies the integer index of a character to underline in the tab.
This option is used by the default bindings to implement keyboard
traversal for menu buttons and menu entries.  0 corresponds to the
first character of the text displayed in the widget, 1 to the next
character, and so on.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>-wraplength</B></I>
</I></B>
<DD> This option specifies the maximum line length of the label string on
this tab. If the line length of the label string exceeds this length,
it is wrapped onto the next line, so that no line is longer than the
specified length. The value may be specified in any of the standard
forms for screen distances. If this value is less than or equal to 0
then no wrapping is done: lines will break only at newline characters
in the text.
</DL>
</UL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>cget</B></I> <I>option</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
<I>option</I></B>.<I>Option</I></B> may have any of the values accepted by the
<B>tixNoteBook</B></I> command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>configure</B></I> ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value option value ...</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no
<I>option</I></B> is specified, returns a list describing all of the
available options for <I>pathName</I></B> (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B></I> for
information on the format of this list). If <I>option</I></B> is specified
with no <I>value</I></B>, then the command returns a list describing the
one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding
sublist of the value returned if no <I>option</I></B> is specified).  If
one or more <I>option-value</I></B> pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in
this case the command returns an empty string.  <I>Option</I></B> may have
any of the values accepted by the <B>tixNoteBook</B></I> command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>delete<I> pageName</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Deletes the page identified by <I>pageName</I></B>.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>pagecget</B></I> <I>pageName option</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
<I>option</I></B> in the page given by <I>pageName</I></B>. <I>Option</I></B> may
have any of the values accepted by the <B>add</B></I> widget command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>pageconfigure<I> pageName ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value ...</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> When no option is given, prints out the values of all options of this
page. If <I>option</I></B> is specified with no <I>value</I></B>, then the
command returns the current value of that option. If one or more
<I>option-value</I></B> pairs are specified, then the command modifies the
command returns an empty string. <I>Option</I></B> may be any of options
accepted by the <B>add</B></I> widget command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>pages</B></I> 
</I></B>
<DD> Returns a list of the names of all the pages.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>raise <I>pageName</I></B> 
</I></B>
<DD> Raise the page identified by <I>pageName</I></B>.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>raised</B></I> 
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the name of the currently raised page.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>subwidget <I> name ?args?</I></B> 
</I></B>
<DD> When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of the
subwidget of the specified name.

When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget
will be called with these options.
</DL>
</pre><H3>BINDINGS</H3>
<P>
<UL>
[1] <BR>
When the user pressed the left mouse button over a notebook tab, the
notebook page associated with that tab will be raised to the top of
the stack of pages.
</UL>
<P>
<UL>
[2] <BR>
The pages can also be selected using the keyboard. The user can type
the <B>&lt;Tab&gt;</B></I> key to cycle among the set of pages. When the focus
appears on the desired page, the user can type <B>&lt;Return&gt;</B></I> or
<B>&lt;space&gt;</B></I> to select that page. Or, if the user wants to cancel the
selection, he/she can type the <B>&lt;Escape&gt;</B></I> key.
</UL>
</pre><H3>KEYWORDS</H3>
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<hr><i>Last modified Sun Jan 19 22:34:33 EST 1997 </i> --- 
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